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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to a treasure from my ISTE 2023 vault. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Access early black Friday deals from now through November 27, 2022. In 2002, Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching; and in 2010, he was a Semi-Finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

A Shapegrams membership gets you access to all Shapegrams and gives you a license to distribute them to your students. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. Since 1998 I’ve been a pioneer in digital learning, having a classroom website before many classrooms even had internet access.

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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

Edsurge

LTG bought the company to grow its presence in the market of LMS software built off Moodle, launched in 2002 as a grassroots, open-source and more affordable option to Blackboard. Existing Open LMS clients can still access Blackboard products already integrated with Open LMS.

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Naviance Wields Much ‘Power and Influence’ in College Admissions, Harvard Researcher Finds

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Mulhern, a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, provides evidence that Naviance’s college research and admissions tools are changing where students apply to college, with the “potential to affect higher education on a national scale,” she wrote on Twitter after unveiling the research.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with 'e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. Connected technology not only gives us access to existing knowledge, it encourages and enables us to create new knowledge and share it widely to a global audience. 2008) Tribes.

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Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a New Virtual Field Trip hosted by NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager from 9/11 Day and Discovery Education

eSchool News

For more information about Discovery Education’s digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com , and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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